Starbucks testing stores that only take smartphone orders

[Newsfeed]

Starbucks testing stores that only take smartphone orders

How worried should we be about Starbucks’s recent announcement that it plans to begin testing a new type of store that only takes orders via mobile app — no cashiers?

At first glance the image seems vaguely dystopian: person after person filing through, inevitably wearing AirPods, to pick up caffeine-and-sugar infusions they ordered by pressing a few buttons on their smartphones as they were leaving home — all without a moment of human interaction.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Sinbad]

Beats standing behind some twat with a man bun ordering a Iced, Half Caff, Ristretto, Venti, 4-Pump, Sugar Free, Cinnamon, Dolce Soy Skinny Latte

 

[system32]

Cash is still legal tender.

 

[backstreetboy]

Been doing that for ages. I press a button at home and get a cup of coffee...

 

[saor]

Cash is still legal tender.

Go live in the real world tho. There's already a few places (coffee shops etc.) in SA that don't accept cash - card or snapscan only. And in most countries you're not paying for your uber in cash.

 

[system32]

Go live in the real world tho. There's already a few places (coffee shops etc.) in SA that don't accept cash - card or snapscan only. And in most countries you're not paying for your uber in cash.

San Francisco to ban cashless stores, saying refusing cash harms the poor

San Francisco to ban cashless stores, saying refusing cash harms the poor

Poor Americans are less likely to have a credit card or debit card, creating a hurdle at stores that refuse to accept cash

www.cbsnews.com

 

[saor]

San Francisco to ban cashless stores, saying refusing cash harms the poor

San Francisco to ban cashless stores, saying refusing cash harms the poor

Poor Americans are less likely to have a credit card or debit card, creating a hurdle at stores that refuse to accept cash

www.cbsnews.com

What's the point you're trying to make?